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Elysis
About

A regulated clinic that takes the long view.

Elysis was founded around a simple idea: bring the highest-credentialed manual therapists in the region into one room and let them collaborate on real, assessable, insurance-eligible care. That's still the brief.

An Elysis practitioner assessing a client during treatment

Our philosophy

The body works as one system, not a stack of unrelated parts. A stiff hip can pull on a low back. A locked-up diaphragm can drive shoulder pain. A jaw clench can travel down through the neck.

Our work is to find the actual driver, treat it with hands-on manual therapy, and give you the home-care recommendations to hold onto the change between visits. We treat babies and children, athletes and chronic-pain clients, prenatal and post-surgical clients, first responders and desk workers — and we use the modality that actually fits the case.

When something is outside our scope, we say so. We refer to physiotherapy, physicians, and other specialists when that's what the case calls for.

Our team

Practitioners with the training to back the work.

Every clinician here has dedicated years to the science of human movement and the craft of manual therapy. Pick the practitioner whose specialty fits — or call and we'll help match you.

Drew Galpin

B.A. Kinesiology (Hons.), RMT, D.O.M.P., D.Sc.O.
Osteopathic Manual Practitioner · Registered Massage Therapist

Founding clinician.

Currently not accepting new patients.

Sydney MacDonald

RMT, D.O.M.P., D.Sc.O.
Osteopathic Manual Practitioner · Registered Massage Therapist

Diploma of Osteopathic Manual Practice from the Canadian College of Osteopathy and a diploma in Massage Therapy from CCMH. Successfully defended her thesis on the effects of manual osteopathic treatment on first responders with PTSD. Special interest in treating babies and children. Sydney's approach is gentle, holistic, and individualized.

Taylor Soares

B.A. Kinesiology (Hons.), RMT
Registered Massage Therapist

Claira Whicher

B.Sc. Human Kinetics, M.OMSc
Osteopathic Manual Practitioner

Jessica Konink

RMT, ABT
Registered Massage Therapist · Ashiatsu, Cupping, Swedish
The clinic

On Conestogo Road, between Waterloo and Conestogo.

We're at 410 Conestogo Road, Suite 103. Free parking on site. Calm, naturally lit treatment rooms. Easy access from anywhere in the Waterloo Region — Kitchener, Waterloo, St. Jacobs, New Hamburg, Cambridge.

Live availability for every practitioner is in the booking site — we update it in real time, so what you see is what's open.

Manual osteopathic assessment in an Elysis treatment room
Reception and waiting area at Elysis
Book Your Visit

Ready to feel like yourself again?

Book online in two minutes. Receipts provided for insurance reimbursement.